Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Satartia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Satartia and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Satartia

• Astronomy & Satellites ...
  • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
  • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Satartia:
  • 32.672133, -90.544642
  • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
  • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Satartia

• Bird Watching ...
  • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
  • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Yazoo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Yazoo County
  • Since Satartia is near Sharkey County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sharkey County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County

• Waymarking ...
  • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
  • Open the Waymark.com report for Satartia

Curious and Interesting Names Near Satartia ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

• Eldorado
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Eldorado is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
• Enola
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Enola is located in Yazoo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
• Horn Place Landing
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Horn Place Landing is located in Yazoo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Place Landing
• Kansas Landing
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Kansas Landing is located in Yazoo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas Landing
• Limerick
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Limerick is located in Yazoo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
• Little Yazoo
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Little Yazoo is located in Yazoo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Yazoo
• Liverpool ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Liverpool is located in Yazoo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
• Mechanicsburg
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mechanicsburg is located in Yazoo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
• Nevada
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Nevada is located in Hinds County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada
• Oil City
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Oil City is located in Yazoo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
• Valley
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Valley is located in Yazoo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley

How Far From Satartia to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Satartia to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Satartia and extending to:

• Yazoo City, which is the Seat of Yazoo County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Satartia to Yazoo City, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 33 miles [53.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 868 miles [1,396.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,746 miles [10,856.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,463 miles [12,010.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,338 miles [8,590.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'